Broadcasting - Staff Letter addressed to Matt Thompson (Corus Entertainment Inc.)
Ottawa, 7 July 2023
Reference(s): 2023-0203-2, 2023-0202-4, 2023-0201-6
BY E-MAIL
Matt Thompson
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Corus Entertainment Inc
40 Elgin St., Suite 1400
Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5K6
Matt.Thompson@corusent.com
corus.regulatory@corusent.com
Subject: 2023-0203-2, 2023-0202-4 and 2023-0201-6 - CFGQ-FM Calgary (Alberta) and CHQR Calgary (Alberta) - Corus Radio Inc.
The Commission is in receipt of the above-noted applications for the English-language, commercial radio stations, CFGQ-FM Calgary (Alberta) and CHQR Calgary (Alberta).Please confirm you understand the information set out in this letter.
The information requested herein should be received by the Commission no later than 12 July 2023.
Considering the above request, once the application is completed with this additional information, the Commission will re-publish the application for additional comments.
The timelines for the proceeding will be as follows:
- The deadline for the filing of additional interventions will 5 calendar days after publication.
- The deadline for the filing of replies to the interventions by the applicant will be 2 calendar days after the closure of the intervention period.
The Commission requires that you submit your response and other documents electronically using the secured service “My CRTC Account” (Partner Log In or GCKey) and fill in the “Broadcasting Cover page” located on this web page. On this web page, you will also find a link to information on the submission of applications to the Commission “Submitting applications and other documents to the CRTC using My CRTC Account.”
A copy of this letter and all related correspondence will be added to the public record of the proceeding.
Should you need further information concerning these applications, please do not hesitate to contact me by email at Laurent.Robillard-Cardinal@crtc.gc.ca
Please repeat the question before responding.
Best regards,
Yours sincerely,
Laurent Robillard-Cardinal
Senior Radio Analyst Radio Policy and Applications
Question 1
The Commission would like to clarify some information submitted in your applications for the Amendment of Conditions of Licence applicable to CFGQ-FM Calgary and Revocation of Licence for CHQR Calgary, applications 2023-0202-4, 2023-0201-6 and 2023-0203-2.
Commission staff noticed differing information regarding the severability of the applications, namely in form 301 and in the supplementary brief Appendix 1A.
While the application to convert CHQR Calgary into a rebroadcasting transmitter for CFGQ-FM Calgary is clearly tied to the revocation application, is it unclear if the application to amend the licence of CFGQ-FM Calgary to add a condition of licence allowing that more than 50 percent of all programming broadcast during each broadcast week consists of Spoken Word is severable from the other two applications.
In other words, should the Commission deny the application 2023-0201-6 to add an AM rebroadcasting transmitter for CFGQ-FM Calgary, would the applicant still maintain the application 2023-0202-4 requesting a specialty format for CFGQ-FM?
Please confirm the severability of the applications 2023-0201-6 (Application to add an AM rebroadcasting transmitter to CFGQ-FM Calgary) and 2023-0202-4 (Application to amend the licence of CFGQ-FM Calgary to add a condition of licence allowing that more than 50 percent of all programming broadcast during each broadcast week consists of material from Category 1 – Spoken Word).
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